Two’s Company, Three’s A Crowd

We asked you, What Is Your Favorite Kickstarter Of All Time? This question spectacularly failed to generate a discussion, with just three readers taking the time out to name their favorite Kickstarter campaign. Three may, in the words of De La Soul, be the magic number, but such a small number of comments isn’t many to try and draw conclusions from.

All we can really do is list the quality Kickstarters mentioned, along with a brief look at how they resonated with potential crowdfunding supporters.

After receiving lots of positive press coverage Phorce raised almost $200,000 on Kickstarter at the end of 2012. Sadly, the product still hasn’t shipped despite an estimated delivery date of May 2013. Still, the project creators are updating backers, which suggests they haven’t just run off with the money.

The Veronica Mars TV show was cancelled in 2007 after just three seasons. However, show creator Rob Thomas felt there were enough fans out there to fund a movie. He was right, as 91,000 backers pledged over $5 million to make it happen. It has since been released as and when promised.

Best Project: Veronica Mars Movie. Raised a huge amount of money. Delivered the product as promised.

Honorable mention: Yolkr. I like the egg sucker and it was one of the first Kickstarter projects I saw. I didn’t back it, but purchased a Yolkr at Homegoods for about a quarter of the Kickstarter price a few weeks ago.

We chose this comment from the vast array of comments proffered because it named two great Kickstarters: The Veronica Mars Movie and Yolkr. It also offered a reminder that even if you miss out on a product at the Kickstarter stage you may be able to buy it cheaper at a later date.

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My favorite project was the proKase for my surface Pro. I have the original surface and this case allows the surface to change in different degrees. Easy to use when watching TV as well the added ports are nice.